Invading Pearl harbor

[Jonathan Lighter]

Careful readers understand that the weirdness of "invasion" was my principal
point.

JL

On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 3:12 PM, Bill Palmer <w_a_palmer at bellsouth.net>wrote:

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> In the 1980s when I was teaching war planning, the preferred term was
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> entry".  For whatever reason, "invade/invasion" was never used.
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> But in any case, I echo the comments of Brian & others..."invasion" stood
> out as much more out of place than any other part of the quotation..
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> > I think invasion also implies an intent to conquer and stay.
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> >> What seems more odd than the quotation marks around "evil" is the use of
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> >> word "invasion" to describe what the Japanese did to Pearl Harbor.
> >>  Wouldn't
> >> "bombing' or 'attack' or 'destruction' be more apt? Doesn't an invasion
> >> imply (at least some) 'boots on the ground'?
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